Pantaloons-protector



' B. C.'WI-LSO:N. Panta;loo' n -Protector.

No. 224,369. Patented .Feb. 10, I880;

WITNESSES.-

I V HIVVENITORY ".P'ETERs, PHOTGUTHOGRAPMER. WASVNXNGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT .OEFICE.

BENNET O. WILSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PANTALQONS-PRQTE'CTOR.

SPEGIFIGATIONforining part of Letters Patent No. 224,369,dated February 10, 1880.

Application filed September 10, 1879.

' To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, BENNET 0. WILSON, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for the Lowcrltear Parts of the Legs of Pan- I taloons and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and 3 are perspectives of my invention, being respectively a face and rear view. Fig. 2 is a .vertical section of the same, illustrating its application to the trowsers-leg. My invention has for its object to provide a shield or protector for the lower rear parts of the legs of pantaloons, whereby said parts are kept out of contact with the ground and with the heel of the boot or shoe of the wearer,

so as to prevent undue wear of said parts of said garment and keep the same from becoming fouled or dirty during rainy or sloppy weather.

My invention accordingly consists of the provision of a-shield, made of rubber, guttapercha, leather, thin brass, or other equivalent suitable material, shaped to conform to the rear portion of the legs of the pantalo'ons, and is turned up at its lower edge to form aflange or ledge, which receives and protects theextreme lower edge of the said garment. Said shield has on its side next to the boot or shoe heel two ribs, which project a short distance below its lower flanged edge, forming rib-supports, and is provided with button, eyelet, or other small holes, by means of which it can be secured to the pantaloons-legs by buttons, eyelets, or ordinary stitching.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the shield or protector, fashioned as shown, having the curved side a and straight side a. The latter is turned up to form a flange or ledge, of. B B are ribs, formed integral with or attached to said shield, and project a short distance below the flanged edge a thereof to form rib-supports b b, which, if desired, may have steel or metal pins inserted therein, as shown at b b.

The shield or protector may be attached to the garment by means of buttons, as shown in Fig. 2, in which case it will be formed with holes 0 0 for the passage of said buttons; or the latter may be secured to the shield and the button-holes formed in lining-pieces, which are secured to this part of the garment.

Instead of buttons, eyelets may be employed to fasten said shield to said lining of said garment or it may be attached thereto by a line of stitching around the curved side a. The shield or protector being secured to the garment, as shown in Fig. 2, the rib-supports b b keep the lower rear edge of pantaloons from coming in contact with the ground and avoid undue wear of said part,'whilej in rairiy or sloppy weather they not only prevent undue wear, but keep the garment out of the water or slush on-the ground, and the ribs B B keep the garment from being fouled or dirty by preventing contact with the heel of the boot or shoe of the wearer, while the air-space beedge a and ribs B Bhattached thereto, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The protector A, having flange-edge a,

' ribs B B, and rib-supports b 11, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of September, 1879. p

i a BENNET 0. WILSON.

Witnesses: FRANK H. MASSEY,

J. B. MASSEY. 

